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Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China

  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, PR China & lvzht@foxmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4891-3859 & These authors contributed equally to this work
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, PR China & Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan & These authors contributed equally to this work
  • 3. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, PR China & renjl@cib.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4896-7600
  • 4. Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, PR China & jiangke@cib.ac.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-7362
  • 5. Michigan State University, East Lansing 48825, MI, United States
  • 6. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, PR China & qishuo1992@outlook.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-6093
  • 7. State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol/ The Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences/ School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, PR China & wangj397@mail.sysu.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4249-7767

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Lyu, Zhi-Tong, Lin, Chao-Yu, Ren, Jin-Long, Jiang, Ke, Zhang, Yin-Peng, Qi, Shuo, Wang, Jian (2021): Review of the Gekko (Japonigekko) subpalmatus complex (Squamata, Sauria Gekkonidae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4951 (2): 236-258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.2

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